The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1887-06-02

unity.
Henry F. Hines, Co. A, 9th N. Y, returns
to the subject of the Iron Brigade. He says
that name was given to the First Brigade, First
Division. First Corps, in the Spring of 1862. 1t
was composed of the 14th Brooklyn, 22d, 9th
and Both y. Y. and I'd Berdan's Sharpshooters.
The men of this brigade were noted as being
the best drilled, the best foragers, and the most
rapid marchers in the First Corps. They
retained the name of the Iron Brigade until
the Spring of 1863, when the time of most of
the regiments expired.
M Stone, Co. K, 7th W. Va. Cav, Grifiths-
vile, w. Va, sends sketch Of a scouting and
picketing expedition in the Cheat Mountain
country in October, 1863.
f. ii. Stubblefeld. Pittsburg Landing. Tenn,
writing under date of April ID, says: 81 have
two bullets which were found to-day on the
Shiloh battlefield thatare welded together from
collision. They were found on the field, about
half mile west of Pittsburg Landing"
Geo. Stewart, Forestville, KY, incloses q
paragraph from the Louisville Times assailing
the soldiers, which he thinks an insult to every
true patriot.
A. W. Davies, Co. F, 9Th n. Y. Cav, waltham,
Iowa, was pleased with the article Of Comrade
Phillips on the picturesque way in which they
reviewed" Stuart's cavalry at Brandy Station.
He says the account was correct. The battle
cost the Union side one of the best officers in
the service. Gen. B. F. Davis.
III. ID. Campbell, 18th KY, Muses. Mills, KY,
thinks there is something out of joint when so
many ex-Confederate Generals sit in Congress
drawing $1,000 a year each and vote solidly
against the soldiers. He hopes the soldiers
will vote together at the next election.
Give Them Their Due.
s. A. Wright, Co F, LIST U. s. Sharpshooters,
Essex, VT, hopes that the comrades who are
trying to secure pensions will let the cripples"
alnna Thn-o xvh have Loaf ho NOT
drawing any too much. At the same time they
will be glad to see other deserving comrades
get all they can.
II. S. Archer, Randolph, Mass, thinks that
all dependent soldiers whose dsablement was
not caused by vicious habits should be pen
stoned at from So to $50 month, and that all
soldiers on reaching the age of e. should be
pensioned.
f. Smithy, Co. A, 61st Mass, Tolland, Mass,
commends THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE for its
valiant efforts in behalf of the soldiers.
Jacob G.. Matlick, Co. B, Cd w. Va. Cav,
kirksville, Mo-, writes on the subject of pen
sions and other matters of justice to the SOL
diers. lie urges that all soldiers be pensiOned
on reaching the age of 81; that every soldier
now disabled be pensiOned at once; that all
dependent relatives be peusiOned at S12 a
month; that the arrears act be extended; that
bounties be equalized, and that ex- prisoners of
war be allowed s. day for the time they were
in confinement.
George NJ. Socke, Sergeant Major, 18th H.,
Henry, ILL.,, feels keenly for thousands of his
needy and dependent comrades, many of them
inmates of poorhouses and charitable institu-
tions. He hurls back into the teeth of Gen.
Bragg the vile SANDERS that he heaped upon
the soldiers in his late speeches in Congress.
The mes who suffered so much deserve well of
their country, and he hopes the comrades
everywhere will put their votes in the right
place next year.
J. G. Leslie, Springfield. o., argues that the
| Government ought to make up to the soldiers
| the difference between gold, which was the
money standard ut the time they enlisted, and
the deprecated paper currency in which they
were paid. He thinks that with millions stored
away in the Treasury the Government could
we'll afford to do this.
Charles A. G. Lear, Co. A, Ind'p't q. s. @. T.,
Port Kennedy, Pa, refers TO the case mentioned
| by Congressman O'Hara, OF North Carolina, in
his speech on the pens On veto, of an old colored
woman whose claim for pension was rejected
on the ground that she was a slave at the time
her lost his life in the United States service
| The writer believes this ruling to have been
exceedingly unjust to many colored women
| who gave their sons and husbands to the coun-
| try. The writer was colored soldier, and feels
that great injustice was done to him and all
soldiers by paying them in deprecated cur
rency.
The Shenandoah Valley.
| w. E. Webster, 1st N. Y. battery, Auburn,
n. Y, defends the Sixth Corps at Cedar Creek,
| and crtciZes with some severity the article OF
Comrade Davis, 3Oth Mass.
]. A. Foster, Co. L, 4th Pa. Cav, Brush
| Creek, Iowa, admits the splendid fighting quail
ties of the Sixth Corps, but denies that it did all
the fighting at Cedar Creek. He says the cav
| airy did some of il, which was clearly shown
4 hv tho uunnhar of haftfaHaga that vvara copF to
| Washington.
NJ. S. Reynolds, Co. r, 122d n. Y, stands up
| for the Sixth Corps, aud says that according to
his recollection it was not thrown into confu-
sion at all at Cedar Creek. He thinks Gen.
Bragg will be much older man than he is
now before he gets into Congress again.
| G. w. Castle, Co. F. 1st u. S. Cav, residence
not given,) says that at Cedar Greek the cav
airy were deployed to arrest the flight of the
panic-stricken stragglers, among whom the
badge of the Sixth Corps was often seen.
| William III. Shriver, Co. A, Sd w. Va, and
Co. +, 9th w. Va. Cav, Cassville, w. Va, gives
some recollections of campaigning in the Shen-
| andoah Valley.
Allan Berry, Co. K, 18th Ind, Meeosta, Mich,
says that KimbalPs Brigade, of Shields's Di-
| vision, was composed Of the 18th and Sth Ohio
7th w. Va. and 14th Ind. The writer knows
it took part in the battle of Port Republic, be-
| cause he was captured there He would like
| to hear from any members of the brigade par
ticularly the 18th Ind.
S. f. Jones, Co. E, I'D Ohio, Lockbourne
o., gives some recollections of the fighting at
| Port Republic under Gen. Shields
James Mcmahon, Co. X, 4th Mass. Cav, Boil
var, Mo-, says Comrade Slaughter was mistaken
when he said that Gen. Shields, although
wounded on March % at Winchester, did not
| command the troops on the 23d. Gen. Shields
was suffering from his wounds, but did not re-
| linquish the command, and kept his staff ofli-
GERS busy bringing him intelligence and con-
veying orders and to him is due the credit Of
defeating Stonewall Jackson.
| williamsburg.
| George b. McKenny, Co. G, 7th Me-, Glou-
| cester, Mass, wishes to correct an error which
crept into his communication recently pub
lished. 1t was stated that the 1st Me. was a
part of Davidson's Brigade. The only Maine
regiment in that brigade was the 9Th the 9TH
Mass. did not belong to it.
| George f. Sprague, Co. G, 18th N. Y H. A. l.,
Bellona, n. Y, says that Comrade McKenny
| gives the 9Th Wis. an honor at williamsburg
which belonged to the SD n. Y. He says the
regiments that were sent from Davidson's Bril-
gade to charge with Hancock, were the 33d N.
Y. and 7th Me-, and they were personally COM
| plimented by Mcclellan for their gallantry in
| the action.
ii. c. Rowland, Co. E, nth N. Y, Saratoga
| Springs, n. Y, says that at the battle of Will
liamsburg, Gen. Davidson's Brigade was COM
| posed of the 9TH Me-, 3d. 49th and nth N. Y
| In the afternoon the 9TH Me. and 33d n. Y
went with Gen. Hancock to the right. Later
| in the day the remainder of Davidson's Bril-